Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in June 2023 (database)
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews
and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies
The Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews reports on the results of its own monitoring of violations of the embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil into EU countries in June 2023 (see Table 1).
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In June 2023, 9 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.
All of them involved the delivery of oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece.
3 such voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Turkey, shipowners from Greece and Liberia performed 2 voyages each. Tankers, owned by companies from Latvia and India made 1 voyage each.
A total of 1,134,445 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 1,554,020 tons in May 2023 and 801,594 tons in April 2023.
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Table 1. Tankers that transported Russia’s crude oil in violation of the embargo from Russian ports on the Black Sea to EU countries in June 2023
Data on shipowners and operators — from www.equasis.org
The first column of the table shows the date of a vessel's passage from the Sea of Marmara through the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea
|
# |
Name |
IMO |
DWT |
Flag |
Port of departure |
Actual Time of Departure |
Port of destination |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Shipowner |
|
03/06 |
EUROSTRENGTH |
9543524 |
104594 |
Liberia |
RU TAM |
ATD: 2023-05-27 00:47 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-06-04 15:27 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager EUROTANKERS INC 5th Floor, 99, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece. |
|
05/06 |
HS LEGEND |
9381744 |
112511 |
Liberia |
RU TUAPSE ANCH |
ATD: 2023-06-01 14:44 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATD: 2023-06-08 09:01 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager HS LEGEND LTD 80, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia. |
|
06/06 |
FAIR SEAS |
9405057 |
115406 |
Marshall Is |
RU NVS |
ATD: 2023-05-30 11:38 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-06-07 14:11 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager ACTIVE DENIZCILIK VE GEMI 2 Caddesi 5, Dudullu OSB Mah, Umraniye, 34776 Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
13/06 |
NORDIC THUNDER |
9797228 |
157374 |
Marshall Is |
RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH |
ATD: 2023-06-10 13:19 (UTC +3) |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-06-14 11:00 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager ACTIVE DENIZCILIK VE GEMI 2 Caddesi 5, Dudullu OSB Mah, Umraniye, 34776 Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
15/06 |
OTTOMAN NOBILITY |
9290359 |
152622 |
Turkey |
RU NVS |
ATD: 2023-06-12 16:20 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
АTA: 2023-06-16 11:05 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager GUNGEN DENIZCILIK VE TICARET Halici Sokak 9, Gaziosmanpasa Mah, Cankaya, 06700 Ankara, Turkey. |
|
17/06 |
HS ARGE |
9299745 |
106007 |
Liberia |
RU TUA TUAPSE |
ATD: 2023-06-09 12:16 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-06-18 17:58 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager XFINITY MARITIME SERVICES PVT Office 1005, Niharika Mirage Kharghar, Sector 10, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India. |
|
25/06 |
CHRYSALIS |
9437684 |
115867 |
Liberia |
RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH |
ATD: 2023-06-21 18:22 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-06-26 16:38 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager STEALTH MARITIME CORP SA 331, Kifisias Avenue, Kifisia, 145 61 Athens, Greece. |
|
29/06 |
HS LEGEND |
9381744 |
112511 |
Liberia |
RU TUA |
ATD: 2023-06-24 12:08 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-06-30 21:57 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager HS LEGEND LTD 80, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia. |
|
24/06 |
ELANDRA FALCON |
9792486 |
157553 |
Marshall Is |
RU NVS |
ATD: 2023-06-21 03:53 |
IT MLZ |
ATA: 2023-06-28 08:45 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager LSC SIA Sporta iela 11, LV-1013 Riga, Latvia. |
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This article has been prepared with the support of the European Union in Ukraine. The content of the article is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the position of the EU
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